great thanks for this info, much appreciated.
On 5 March 2010 17:57, Jeremy Neuner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Araceli, > > We have two full-time staffers at NextSpace (me and our COO) as well as > three part-timers. We've had a similar experience as the team at IndyHall: > two of our part-timers are starting to pick up side gigs from others in the > NextSpace community. Our other part-timer is the Vice Mayor of Santa Cruz, > proving that you can, indeed, buy your politicians....! :-) I think I'm > most proud of the fact that we just hired a recent college graduate (a very > talented young woman named Sara) who grew up in Santa Cruz and very much > wanted to begin her professional career here. That's not always an easy > thing to do because of a lack of "entry level" jobs at "regular companies" > in Santa Cruz. Like many of us on this list, we believe that entry level > jobs (or any jobs, for that matter) at regular companies are quickly > becoming a thing of the past. Bringing Sara onto our team and giving her > the chance to flourish within our coworking space is a wonderfully powerful > example of what a coworking space can do. More broadly, I think it's a > great example of how coworking continues to be on the forefront of some > pretty fundamental changes in how people earn a living. > > We built employees into our original business model, although it took us > over a year to ramp up to our current staff levels. Like many of you, I > spent the early days at NextSpace running around like a madman. So I was > incredibly grateful to get some help. I think it made good business sense, > too. I was able to do more things to grow our space and grow our business, > which is beginning to have a pay-off, both in terms of dollars as well as in > terms of the strength of the NextSpace community. > > Good luck with your expansion! Let me know if we can be helpful with the > nuts-n-bolts of hiring more staffers. > > Cheers, > Jeremy > nextspace.us > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Quite welcome. >> >> I haven't gotten around to posting about it, but the intended cycle that's >> proposed at the end HAS been executed; Dana's moved on to a new full time >> gig that she's enjoying, and one of the two admin/interns we brought on has >> stepped into the same sort of role that Dana did the first time around, only >> in his own way. Everyone in the office loves him and I'm a huge fan of his >> hard work and dedication to coworking and IndyHall ideals. That's a whole >> other story in itself! :) >> >> -Alex >> >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Great thanks Alex ill have a read this week-end. >>> >>> Araceli >>> >>> On 5 March 2010 13:16, Alex Hillman <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> We posted about how we went about getting an office manager on a >>>> bootstrap budget and maximizing ALL of our outcomes: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.indyhall.org/blog/2009/08/06/how-indyhall-got-the-best-office-manager-without-hiring-an-office-manager/ >>>> >>>> -Alex, IndyHall >>>> >>>> On Friday, March 5, 2010, Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Hello, >>>> > >>>> > We are getting ready to exapand, but are having trouble with staff >>>> economics. Are most of you hiring a manager, doing it yourself, and how >>>> many >>>> people help run your spaces? >>>> > >>>> > Thanks, >>>> > >>>> > Araceli >>>> > -- >>>> > Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick >>>> > >>>> > THECUBE >>>> > Studio 5 >>>> > 155 Commercial Street >>>> > E1 6BJ >>>> > London >>>> > >>>> > 0207 377 9279 >>>> > www.thecubelondon.com >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> > For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>>> > >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> /ah >>>> indyhall.org >>>> coworking in philadelphia >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick >>> >>> THECUBE >>> Studio 5 >>> 155 Commercial Street >>> E1 6BJ >>> London >>> >>> 0207 377 9279 >>> www.thecubelondon.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Coworking" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick THECUBE Studio 5 155 Commercial Street E1 6BJ London 0207 377 9279 www.thecubelondon.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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